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	<title>Dr. Margaret Paul&#039;s Blog &#187; self-abandonment</title>
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		<title>When You Love Yourself, You Let Others Off the Hook</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frequently, when I start to work with a new client, they believe that loving their self is selfish. Nothing could be further from the truth. A more accurate definition of selfish is expecting others to give themselves up and do for you what you can and need to be doing for yourself. Letting Others Off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Will Love Give You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are your beliefs about what another&#8217;s love will give to you? Did you grow up believing that if only someone REALLY loved you in the way you needed to be loved, then you would feel happy, safe, lovable and worthy? Certainly being truly loved by parents goes a long way toward supporting children in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you Inspiring or Gloomy?</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/are-you-inspiring-or-gloomy</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you inspire others with your caring energy, or do you bring others down with your misery? &#8220;You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.&#8221; &#8211;Julia Child, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Your Next Marriage be Better?</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/will-your-next-marriage-be-better</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discover the surprising statistics about second and third marriages, and why they have such a poor success rate. “It’s time for me to move on. I’ve learned so much – I just know that next time it will be better.” “Our new relationship has a great chance, because we’ve both been married before and have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intimacy and Connection – The Aliveness of Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to experience intimacy and connection with others, and the joy and aliveness that this offers? You need to start by learning how to love yourself, rather than abandon yourself. &#8220;Intimacy begins with oneself. It does no good to try to find intimacy with friends, lovers, and family if you are starting out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You or Your Partner Possessive?</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/are-you-or-your-partner-possessive</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 01:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I freak out when my husband even looks at another woman. I trust him not to wander, so I don&#8217;t know why this upsets me so much.&#8221;"My partner spends too much time with her friends and family. What&#8217;s the point of being together if she&#8217;s always gone a couple of nights a week?&#8221;&#160; &#8220;My wife [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;No One Appreciates Me&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/no-one-appreciates-me</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever hear yourself say, or said to yourself, &#8220;No one appreciates me.&#8221; I used to say this to myself all the time. I was constantly giving myself up to please others, and then ended up feeling completely unappreciated and resentful &#8211; until I learned how to take loving care of myself and appreciate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationships: Attract at Your Common Level of Self-Love</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/relationships-attract-at-your-common-level-of-self-love</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 12:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn to attract people at your common level of self-love, rather than at your common level of self-abandonment.]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Feel Loved or Unloved?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you feel unloved? Do you know what would make you feel loved? Ask yourself: Who do you feel loved or unloved by? Your partner? Your parents? Your children? Yourself? God? Feeling Loved or Unloved by Yourself and/or God What does it mean to feel loved or unloved by yourself? You will likely feel unloved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I Just Want to be Understood.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Seek first to understand and then to be understood.&#8221; &#8211; Stephen Covey How often have you heard yourself say: &#8220;I just want someone to understand me.&#8221; &#8220;I just want to be heard.&#8221; &#8220;I feel invisible.&#8221; &#8220;I just want to be seen.&#8221; I know what it feels like to not be understood, heard, or seen, as [...]]]></description>
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